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Clinical utility of the McVaugh and grow rules for the detection of faking on the personality inventory for children
Author(s) -
Forbes Gordon B.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198409)40:5<1205::aid-jclp2270400514>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - psychology , personality , social desirability , personality assessment inventory , incidence (geometry) , scale (ratio) , social psychology , psychopathology , clinical psychology , big five personality traits , physics , quantum mechanics , optics
Investigated the clinical utility of the McVaugh and Grow (1983) suggestions that Adjustment Scale (ADJ)≧ 84T indicates faking bad and K ≧ 59T or Social Desirability (SD) ≧ 54T indicates faking good on the Personality Inventory for Children (PIC) in 100 children, aged 6‐0 to 12‐11, seen in a private, fee‐for‐service, practice of psychology. Profiles that exceeded the fake bad criterion were found in 35% of the cases, but only one profile met fake good criteria. In contrast to profiles below the faking bad criterion, those profiles with ADJ ≧84 were associated with higher levels of family pathology, a higher incidence of learning disabilities, and a higher incidence of hyperactivity. It was concluded that profiles that meet the ADJ ≧84T criterion reflect psychopathology, not faking.